Manifolding apparatus.



110.8111063.v a, y PATENTBDMAR.27,-19o6.

1. BBNGOUGH, J. A. TANsLBY.& w. J. REIDELL.

MANIFOLDING APPARATUS.

ArPLIQATIoN FILED 1111.111. 1904. s SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 816,063. PATBNTED MAB.. .27, 190.6.

l ;J. BBNGOUGH, J.- A. TANSLEY a; W. J. REIDBLL.

y MANIPOLDING APPARATUS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JULY 14, 1904.

v a SHEETS-SHEET z.

INI/E T ORI Wl T NESSE S No. 816,063. PATENTBD MAB.. 27, 1906.

J. BBNGOUGH, J. 'A. TANSLEY & W. J. REIDELL.

. MANIPOLDING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY14, 1904.

WTNESSES.-

UNiTED sTATEs PATENT oiaiEioE`l JAMES BENGOUGH, JOHNALMOND TANSLEY, ANDWILLIAM JOSEPH REIDELL, OF 'NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS. TO THECARTER-CRUME COMPANY, LIMITED, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, A CORPORATIONOF CANADA.

' MANIFOLDINGAPPARATUS.

Patented Marca 27, ieoe.

Applimiqn fiiea -Juiy 14. i904. sarai No. iefilso.

To all, whom it may concert/1.:

Be it known that we, JAMES BENGOUGH, JOHN ALMOND. TANsLEY, and WILLIAMJosEPH REIDELL, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inManifolding Apparatus, of

which the following is af full, clear, and exact description, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse,the same.

' This invention relates to manifolding apparatus. One of the objectsthereof is to provide a means of -obtaining several copies of amanuscript without the necessity for the fre uent handling of thetransfer medium an yto provide means whereby the latter is readilyreplenished.

Another object is to provide an apparatus ofthe above type which haspeculiar advantages with respect to the arrangement, guid-y ing,removal, and renewal ofthe paper.

A broad object is to provide means where- Dy one or more copies of.bills of lading, shipping-receipts, order-blanks, and other writingsl ofthis general natureniay quickly and conveniently be made.

Other objects will be in art obvious and in part pointed out hereina teThe invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,vcombinations lof elements, and arrangement of parts which'areexemplified in the apparatus hereinafter described and the scope' of theapplication of which will be' indicated inthe following claims.

` tached. Fig. y5 isa similar. view, showing In the accompanyingdrawings, .which illus-v i trate one of various-possible embodiments of.our invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire ap aratus.kFi y. 2 is a longitu. dinal section ta en substantially on theline a:of Fig. 1. Fi 3 is a cross-section taken substantially on t eline y y ofFig. 1'. Fig. .4 is a perspective viewof a portion vof the 'apparatus,showing the'tearing edges inoperative position and sheets of paperpartially. de-

a portion of a sheetof transfer-paper parta ly torn against thecorrespondingZteariIig-,edge.-

Fig. 6 is a detail elevation showingsome of .the mechanism by whichagrippingl'member i placed in inoperative position.-

of the same.

Similar reference characters refer tol similar parts throughout theseveral views. In order better to understand the description of theembodiment of our invention herein iven, it may be noted that ,it is ahighly desirable feature in apparatus of this general type that theoriginal sheet and the copies thereof may b e detached immediately aftermaking the same, so as to be in condition readily to be separated, andsuch disposition made of them as is desired. It is also a feature ofimportance that the several sheets of paper be held firmly withreference one to another while portions thereof are being detached, -soas to prevent any relative slipping If it be attempted to use aconstruction in which the tearing-knife is always in operative positionwith re ation to the paper, and particularly with a grippin or holdingmechanism likewise continuous y operative, itwill be found that thepassage through which the paper is to be fed is obstructed and therenewal or readjustment of the same inconvenient. Also. if the transfermedium vbe used in the ordinary manner in apparatus of the generalnature'v of that herein described it is necessar to raise the paper,insert the transfer me ium, and readjust the paper, with consequentvexatious delay and soiling of the fin ers.' The above and otherdefectsare renie 'ed in constructions of the nature of that herein set forth.

Referring now to 1, Arepres'ents a rigid frame comprising SuitablyL-connected side members 1 and' 2, which maybe of any desired form,although that herein shown has been found to be peculiarly adapted forthe ap aratus. A Mounted within .openings in the si' e members are pinsor spindles 3, which kmay be held in position in any desiredmanner, butas herein shown have their ends split and sprung apart, so as to enga ethe openings in which they arepositione with considerable firmness. Uponthese pins are filler-'blocks 4, uponwhich are mounted the rolls 5, 6,and 7, which are formed u on tubes'.

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l ing against the ends of tubes 8. In this manner the excessive freedomof movement of .the rolls is obviated. From' roll 5 the paper .is ledover a guiding-roller 10, as shown in v Fig. 2, and thence over .theupper member or bed 11 of the frame. The paper from rolls 6 and 7 is fedin a similar manner over the guiding-rollers 12 and 13 and passes over.the bed 1 1, resting smoothl u on the paper from rolll 5. Atthe end oft e bed adjacent roll is a recess 14, which permits the ready seizing ofthe paper in order to drawthe same from the ap aratus, as hereinafterdescribed.

' ounted-uion frame A. immediately below the end of be 1 1 inwhichrecess 1'4 is formed, is a pin 1 5, about which is vcoiled a s ring 16.

, Upon the centerofV this pin is fixed a at plate or gripper 17,normally held by spring '16 in a posltion with its upper edge 18pressing against the lower surface of the paper through f the rearportion of the recess 14. At the end of pin r15, opposing spring 16, isa lever-arm 19, rigidly lmounted upon the pin or spindle and by means ofwhich the same may be moved, so as to draw the gripper 17 from con.

ltact with the (paper. A second pin or spindle adjacent pin 15 and hasosi- 20 lis mounte tioned at either end -lever-arms 21 an connected by a'Iplate or bar 23, having a tearhis plate is normally held ining-edge24. its upper position by means of a spring 25,

.coiled about. spindle 20 and secured to the frame member 2,substantially. as shown. Lever 21 is preferably provided withathumbpiece 26, b means of which the plate 23 may e presse downwardlyagainst the pa er upon bed 11, so as to enable the same rea ily to betorn against the edge ,24 thereof at this ever, that upon the depressionof lever 21 so as to bring the edge 24 in operative position thetooth 28upon collar 2'9 will bereleased, and the gripper will be' consequentlythrown upward, so as to engage the paper and hold the same during thetearing operation.l

Mounted upon the side member 2 of frame A is a casing 30, adapted tocontain a roll of vtransfer-paper or other transferring medium 31. 'Bthe expression'transfer-paper or trans erring medium as used throughoutvthis 4description and the following claims is meant any medium adaptedupon pressure being transmitted to the same to make a mark correspondingin position to such pressure upon any writing-surface with which it maybe in contact. In the construction `double-faced transfer-sheet be useed e for the transfermaterial.

shown this roll is doublv Wound, so as to proeach of the three sheetsnofpaper herein described. It will be understood, however, that thisapparatus may be used for duplicating instead of tri licating, ifdesired, 1n which case a single sfieet of transfer-paper only will berequired. It-Will also be obvious that as many rolls of paper may beused as there are copies desired and that in any case the number ofsheets in the roll of transferrin material would be made to corres ond tereto, and it will also be understood t at, if desired, one of thesheets may be of thin pa er and a in conjunction therewith. Fitting theouter edges of casing 30 are projecting perforated lugs 32 and thropghwhich passes a pin or hinge-rod 33. Pivotally mounted upon thishinge-rod by'means of lu s 32 is a cover or top late 34, adapted toincIose the casing 30 an extend entirely over the bed 11 and having adownturned ange 35, which serves as a tearing This cover is he d in `itsclosed position by means 'of a spring-catch 36 of any desired form andis provided at the end adjacent the .tearing member 23 with anupwardly-extending flan e 37, which is adapted to serve as a stop forfille same. The opposite end of the cover extends over theuiding-rollers 10, 12, and 13, and the centra portion is cut away, so asto expose the surf ace of the upper sheet of pa-V per. It will thus beseen t at this cover` tends to hold the several sheets of paper with thetransferring medium inserted therebetween smoothly u on bed 11, and itis assisted in performing t 's function at the end adjacent the tearingmember 23 by means of a cross-bar 38, detachably connected to frameA,and spaced slightly from bed 11, so as to permit the paper topassbelow the same. i

The operation of this embodiment of our invention is as follows: Theseveral supplyrolls 5, 6, and 7 having been placed in operative positionwith. the spring members 9 pressing firmly against the same, the endsare carried over the corresponding guiding-rollers, as shown in Fig. 2of the drawings, and thence to the upper surface of the bed 11.The'transfer material isldthen drawn from roll vide a transfer-sheet forinsertion between ICO IIO

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31 and inserted between the several sheets of paper extendinslightlybeyond the edge of the bed 11. T e arm 19 is then depresseduntil tooth 28 is engaged by tooth 27 and the gripper is in inoperativeposition, as before described, the teaiinglate 23 being held in itsuppermost position by means of s ring 25. A clear passage iS 119Wprovided for t e ready insertion of the several sheetsrof aper beneathbar 38 and out to a position flush with the edge of the bed The cover 34is then closed andthe Hange 35 clasps the edge of the transfer-paper andholds the same firmly in position. he gripper 17 may now be releasedbymeans of a slight depression of leverA 21, and the apparatus is incondition for. use, the several sheets of paper being held Vfirmly bthis member in'con'unction with the cover plate before describe Arf`desired record may now be made upon the exposed sheet of ypaper'and thesame will be transmitted to the and relative sliding of the'sameprevented -by means of the gripper, 17, as above indicated. When thesemembers are withdrawn to the desired extent, the tearing-bar 23 isdepressed 'by means of thumb-piece 26, which may readily beaccomplished, as one hand only is required in the withdrawing of the vpaper. The edge 24 compressing the paper firmly against bed 11 permitsthe same readily to be torn at this point, and the original and severalcopies are thus detached and any desired disposition may be made of thesame.

This o eration ma be repeated as often as i with great ease. .5o

desire and when t e transfer-paper becomes used to such an extent thatit is desirable to replenish the same it is necessary merely to re easethe catch 36, raise cover 34, and draw the transfer material in adirection at right angles to the direction of delivery of the paper.When such an amount of transfer material has been withdrawn as toentirely replace that portion of the same which lies between the severalsheets of paper, the cover 34 is closed and latched in position and theused transfer-paper may bc torn against the edge 4of flange 35, as shownin Fig. 5 of the drawings. The pa er may thenibe again used as desireduntil t 1e rolls are exhausted, in which case new rolls are inserted inan obvious manner.

It will thus -be seen that we have provided a simple, durable, andinexpensive piece of apparatus which is convenient to use and thematerial used in which may be replenished clear passa e is rovidedthrough which the l paper may e fe and yet the several sheets of thesame are firmly held in their proper relative position while it is beingused, with-v drawn, and detached. The advantages of the springs 9 whichpress against the supply-rolls n will readily be seen, as they tend toprevent the yloosening of the several sheets of paper and consequentdisarrangement'of the same. It will be understood that this mechanism isnot limited in its use to paper, but any me. dium upon which writing orprinting may be l. v made may be therein utilized and the 4vword paperas used throughout the following claims is intended to comprehend anysuch substitution;

It will also be seen that al As -manychanges could be madeiin the aboveconstruction and many lapparently.

widely different embodiments of our inventlon could be made withoutdeparting from the scope thereof, We intend that all matter contained inthe above description and shown in the accompanying drawings shall beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limitin y I sense. We desire italso to be understoo that the langua e used in the following claims isintende to cover all of the generic and s ecic features of the inventionherein descri -ed and all statements of the scope of the invention whichas a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described our invention, what we Aclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters 1. In manifolding apparatus, in combination, meansadapted to supply a continuous sheet of pa er, spring-pressed meansadapted to grip sai paper, a tearing-bar movably positioned witreference to said paper, and engaging means betweensaid tearmg-bar andsaid spring-pressed means com rising means for interlockin and releasingt e same with-l out bringing t e tearing-bar into operative position.

2. In manifoldin apparatus, in combination, means adapte to supply aplurality of continuous. sheets of paper, spring-pressed means adaptedto grip said paper, a tearingbar movable with reference to said paper,locking means upon said spring pressed means,and coactin locking meansupon said tearing-bar adapte to engage and. interlock l with said firstlocking' means.

4 3. Inmanifolding apparatus, in combination, means adapte to supply aplurality of continuous sheets of paper, a sprlng-pressed memberad'apted normally to engage and compress sai pa mounted with re erenceto said paper, a tearer, a pair of arms pivotally loo ing-bar mountedupon said arms, means conl nected with said spring-pressed member, andcoacting means upon one of said arms adaptedito engage and Interlocktherewith.'

l ,4, In manifolding tion, means adapte to `supply paper, a memberhaving a tearing edge normallyspringpressed -into ino erative positionand adapted to be move into an operative positlon with referenceto saidpaper, and a springpressed member adapted normally to engage andcompress said paper, said-members be# ing provided with means adapted tohold said last-mentioned member in inoperative position out of contactwith said paper.

5'. In'manifolding apparatus, 1n .combinat1on, means adapted tosupply acontinuous sheet'of a transferrlng medium, means adaptapparatus, incombina- IIO ed to supply a plurality of continuous sheets i 7 i of paper 1n operative relation to s aid trans,- ferr1ngmedium,'a ymemberhaving a tearing edge operatively posltioned with respect to saidtransferring medium' upon the side of" said paper opposite saidfirst-mentioned supplying. means, a member having a tearing edgenormally s ring-pressed into inoperative position an ada tedto be movedinto operative position wit reference 'to said paper upon' the sideofsaid transferrin medium opposite. saidsecond-mentione suppying means,and a spring-pressed member a ipted normally' t-o engage and compresssai paper'gsaid two last-mentioned members being provided with a catchadapted tto hold said spring-pressed member in inoperative position outof contact with said'paper.

' with a tearing y member adapted to hol 6. In combination', meansadapted to supporta sheet of epaper, a member provided e mountedadjacent said sheet of paper an normally vs rmg-pressed intoinoperative'position, an la member adapted to engage and press againstsaid sheet, said members having means controlled in accordance with theosition of -said first said second member in inoperative position.

l means adapted to supply a pluralityo lsheets of paper upon said be apair of arms ivotally mounted with reference to said tearing-barconnected with said arms, and a spring-pressed member, saidspring-.pressed having means adapted to engageand interlock, with oneofsaid arms; 'and Y A member maintain itself in inoperative position.

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9. In combination, a frame, a bed mountf` ed thereon, means adapted tosupplya plurality of sheets of paperto said ed, means me ium between twoof said sheets of paper, a pairof arms pivotally mounted upon said tedto supply a sheet of a transferring l frame, a tearing-bar connectedw1th` said" arms adapted to be forced into contact with said paper, aspring-pressed member adapted to enga e and compress said paper, a sindle upon wIiich said sprin pressed mem er is fixed, a collar uponsaidg spindle, anda tooth upon said collar adapted to engage acorrespondin part upon one of said arms and to lock sal spring-pressedmember in inoperative position.

10. In. combination, a frame,'a bed, means adapted to serve a pluralityof sheets of paper upon said b ed in onedirection, means adapted toserve a sheetof a transferring medlum upon said bed in lanotherdirection, a

cover adapted to fit said frame, a tearing edge upon said cover adaptedto coact with said sheetof a transferring medium, a pair of armspivotally l tearmg-,bar connectln sal arms, said tearmounted-u on saidframe, av

ing-bar being adapte to be forced into engagement w1th`sa1d paper, aspring-pressed member adapted to engage. and compress said paper, lpressed member is fixed, and means upon said last-mentioned memberadapted to en- -gage with coacting means upon one of said arms andretain said tearing-bar and lsaid ed, a'

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spring-pressed member ininoperative posi- In testimony whereofl weaiiriour signatures 1n the presence of two Witnesses.v

JAMES BENGOUGH. JOHN ALMOND TANSLEY. v WILLIAM JQSEPHREIDELLvVVitnessesz' GEORGE A.'I1-IefRAM,'l

J. E. SILLENoE.

a member to which said spring`

